Landscape, with meadow and trees
Maker
(artist)
1776-1837
1776-1837
Title
Landscape, with meadow and trees
Date of Production
1796 - 1837
Medium
graphite and grey wash on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 25.8 cm
Width: 42.2 cm
Width: 42.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2869
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Frederick Anthony White, London (1842- before 1934); Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Reynolds, Graham, The early paintings and drawings of John Constable, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1996
no. 98.20 on p. 20
pl. 73
Day, Harold, John Constable RA, 1776-1837: drawings, the golden age, Eastbourne: Eastbourne Fine Art, 1975
pl. 4
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 11
no. 98.20 on p. 20
pl. 73
Day, Harold, John Constable RA, 1776-1837: drawings, the golden age, Eastbourne: Eastbourne Fine Art, 1975
pl. 4
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 11
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: Strasburg lily above "GR" in block capitals (matches Heawood 1849 though no evidence of the countermark - no date given).
Inscription: Verso: lower left, graphite, underlined: "35".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: lower left, graphite, underlined: "35".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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